With the US Open winding down, you need to start preparing yourself for the celebration. You don’t want to be left empty handed with no drink to clink during those last seconds of the finals, especially if our girl Serena takes the cup. Wherever you are—the stadium, a party, or even your couch—you must be sipping on at least one of these delightful concoctions. This cocktail corner is dedicated to the real stars of the US Open: The Racquet Cocktail and The Honey Deuce.
These two magnificent drinks are the perfect cure for Manhattan’s sticky, humid late-summer weather. The Honey Deuce, created especially for the US Open, is a boozy, fruity combination of vodka, raspberry liquor, and lemonade. The aptly named Racquet Cocktail is similar to an original martini. Both these drinks and their tennis-inspired features make them the two most appropriate drinks to sip on after the final match. Even if you can’t make it there, they will make you feel like you are right at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Honey Deuce:
Ingredients:
- 25 oz Grey Goose Vodka
- Fresh lemonade
- .5 oz Chambord or other premium raspberry liqueur
- Garnish: Honeydew melon balls
Preparation:
First, fill a chilled highball glass with crushed ice. Add the vodka and fill your glass with lemonade to just below the rim. Add the raspberry liqueur and garnish with a few honeydew melon balls. Warning: they will most likely start to look like Wilson balls after a few glasses.
Recipe from Liquor.com
Racquet Cocktail:
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Plymouth Gin
- 1 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
- 1 tsp Bols Créme de Cacao White
- 2 dashes of The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters
- Garnish: Thin slice of lemon peel
Preparation:
First, pre-chill a cocktail glass in the freezer for five minutes. Place all ingredients, except for the lemon twist, into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake the mixture for 30 seconds and strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Twist the lemon peel over the drink to release its natural oils and run it around the rim of the glass. Lastly, drop the peel into your cocktail.
Recipe from Liquor.com